Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Ambassadors, Aristide Bruant in his Cabaret [1892]


Aristide Bruant (Courtenay, May 6, 1851 – Paris, February 10, 1925) was a French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner. He is best known as the man in the red scarf and black cape featured on certain famous posters by Toulouse-Lautrec. He has also been credited as the creator of the chanson realiste musical genre.

[Colour lithograph on paper, 150 x 100 cm]
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